Machine Maintenance Specialist, Solar Cells (Starlink)

The role

This person will provide advanced troubleshooting, repair, and modification support for complex solar cell production equipment. They will execute maintenance strategies to ensure equipment reliability for solar cell manufacturing.

What you will do

• Provide advanced troubleshooting, repair, and modification support for complex solar cell production equipment and tools
• Execute preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies targeting >95% availability
• Perform rapid root cause analysis and corrective actions on vacuum deposition, chemical processing, firing, printing, and diffusion systems
• Assist in spare parts inventory management and vendor coordination on shifts
• Drive OEE improvements and support factory scaling through hands-on technical initiatives
• Ensure safety protocols, cleanroom standards, and regulatory compliance during maintenance activities
• Support the development of training materials for team members
• Train and mentor junior team members on equipment maintenance, safety, and best practices
• Collaborate with team members to foster technical excellence, accountability, and innovation

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• 4+ years of experience in industrial/machine maintenance
• 3+ years of experience maintaining complex manufacturing equipment in a high-volume environment
• Ability to travel internationally (20%)
• Ability to stand up to 6 hours
• Lift up to 25 pounds unassisted
• Maneuver around equipment in a factory setting
• Ability to work in industrial environments with fumes/odors, noise, hazardous chemicals, and confined spaces

Nice to have

• Associate’s degree or equivalent technical certification
• Prior hands-on experience with semiconductor, solar, or advanced manufacturing equipment maintenance
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing automation and control systems on complex production equipment, including PLC logic, HMIs, sensors, actuators, servo drives, and interlocks
• Ability to rapidly diagnose faults, implement corrective actions, and restore equipment to full operation while minimizing downtime in a high-volume manufacturing environment
• Proficiency in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and data analytics for reliability
• Familiarity with lean, TPM, Six Sigma, cleanroom protocols, and pyrophoric gas handling
• Experience scaling maintenance in fast-paced manufacturing environments

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligibl

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company is building one of the largest solar cell manufacturing facilities in the world to support orbital AI platforms.